Something wrong is happening after do these updates, there are no shares, no orphan, no dead..., no payments, a lot of block-stales detected and everything has stopped working normally. I deleted and rebuild the TRC client and p2pool share blocks but still the same issue. I use CGminer 2.11.4 for mining and the program connects and shows good the accepted shares as always but it's like not connected.

I never had problems with p2pool and TRC, What can I do?

MINX you are on right chain if you are on -44. The problem is high difficulty blocks as chain heals from the mandatory upgrade and the prior attack. p2pool as a whole is on the wrong chain, that's a lot of hash power going to waste.

Uhm, sorry for the noobies question i give here, but i guess i need something sorted out about P2pool. First of all, i always used Slush's pool, so i used cgminer and the same string everyone is using and mined away. Yesterday i read about p2pool and went to the website p2pool.org and all i saw on the mainsite was

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Mining for Bitcoins on P2Pool.org is quick and easy. Simply point your miner to the provided URL and use your Bitcoin address as the username and payments will be sent there automatically. Use settings below to start mining BTC!

So i did that and it worked for some time. In the meantime i read more about it and the wiki says that i have to run the Bitcoin client and have to connect to my own localhost with the p2pool client. BUt the site clearly stated that i can run it as stated in the above quote.

I am using OS X with a compiled cgminer and all i did was using the string

Well, that sounds ok but am i not stealing shares from slower miners with my miner because my difficulty is still 1?

And when do they pay out? I mean, it is weekly, monthly or wen you have reached a certain goal like 1BTC? As i said, i am a noob in p2pool mining and all i want is doing the right way to give everyone the best outcome. But like it seems now it pays better then Slush's pool or is there some kind of sneaky thing behind this story?

Install Bitcoin. If you have it running, close it. Run TextEdit. Press the Cmd, Shift, and T keys at the same time. The editor's toolbar should disappear; this is required for plain text editing. Write:

rpcpassword=(A password. You don't have to type it yourself - so it can be random.)server=1

Save the file as "bitcoin.conf" on your "Bitcoin" folder, which is inside your "Application Support folder", which is inside your "Library folder", which is inside your home folder. Run Bitcoin.

Download the latest source from the P2Pool thread. Extract the file. Run Terminal. Type "cd " (with a space in the end), then drag the folder where P2Pool is to Terminal, then press enter. Type "python run_p2pool.py". Run your miner (cgminer?) and connect it to 127.0.0.1:9332 with any username and password. Wait a few minutes. If P2Pool shows "Local: X H/s", where X is higher than 0, then P2Pool is correctly working. Although your miner should show it's earning shares, it could take a few hours until getting your first P2Pool share. Don't worry; this doesn't limit your earnings.

Or just simply pointing my miner to the URL they give me and go with the flow? And how can i add more difficulty? Is there an option to put in the string cgminer -o http://p2pool.org:9332 -u {my wallet string} -p {choosen password}??

Or just simply pointing my miner to the URL they give me and go with the flow? And how can i add more difficulty? Is there an option to put in the string cgminer -o http://p2pool.org:9332 -u {my wallet string} -p {choosen password}??

Don't use p2pool.org as they are running an outdated version of p2pool that's forked from the rest of the pool. If you're gonna use a public node, look for one that's running 13.1 or newer.

Or just simply pointing my miner to the URL they give me and go with the flow? And how can i add more difficulty? Is there an option to put in the string cgminer -o http://p2pool.org:9332 -u {my wallet string} -p {choosen password}??

Difficulty is set by the pool, not in the miner. It's pool-specific how they figure out what difficulty to tell your miner, or if you are running your own p2pool I assume there's a way to set it (or maybe it's dynamic). I don't use p2pool myself, but there won't be a cgminer option for it directly. (Some pools let you pass instructions on what difficult you want in your username or password field.)

So simply running my own server is the best thing to do? And i have set a new p2pool which is located in my country and i receive a lot less rejects now. But they do not have many users, so i guess finding and finishing a block isn't top notch i guess

So simply running my own server is the best thing to do? And i have set a new p2pool which is located in my country and i receive a lot less rejects now. But they do not have many users, so i guess finding and finishing a block isn't top notch i guess

If you are using a node that is on the main version, it doesn't matter how many users are on it. We're all on the same team, working for the same thing.

So simply running my own server is the best thing to do? And i have set a new p2pool which is located in my country and i receive a lot less rejects now. But they do not have many users, so i guess finding and finishing a block isn't top notch i guess

its p2pool, it dosnt matter at which p2pool instance you mine on (well there are some faulty ones out there intending to steal coins)...the best way is to run p2pool locally

Ah, at the end it is the same as using Slush's pool then? Is there a good thing which i should take in mind to switch over to a p2pool? Or is staying with Slush pool eventually the same?

Statistically, using p2pool will be the same as solo mining over time, minus whatever amount you choose to donate to the author (or whatever the node you are using is charging you). The higher your hash rate, the lowest the variance, and the quicker that will statistically even out.

Running a local node isn't that hard. Try it, if after a few days it doesn't seem to be working out, there are a number of reliable public nodes out there.

Lastly, whatever you do, I recommend having backup pools in your mining configuration. Just don't cross pool types, it isn't guaranteed to work. That is, if your main is a p2pool node, all your backups should be p2pool nodes.